A Boston Marathon competitor and Boston police run from the area of an explosion near the finish line in Boston, Monday, April 15.

Philosopher Eric Hoffer had revealing insights about life and change in particular that are as relevant today after the marathon massacre in Boston as they were 1973:

In a time of drastic change it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists.

Although it may be a painful acknowledgment for many of us, the world we grew up in and cherished has horrifically disappeared right before our very eyes again. Nonetheless, it is more imperative than ever that we begin again on a path of renewal, like the phoenix rising from the ashes, to imagine and to create the future we wish to inherit.

JOHN TRAVERS

PERINTON

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Letter: After day of horror, we must rise like phoenix

Philosopher Eric Hoffer had revealing insights about life and change in particular that are as relevant today after the marathon massacre in Boston as they were 1973.

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